Grain-distributer.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT GALLOWAY, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

GRAIN-DISTRIBUTER.

SPEGIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent ING.v 672,837, dated April 23, 1901.

Application filed September 12, 1900, Serial No. 29,79'7. (No model.)

To tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that ROBERT GALLOWAY, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improveents in Grain-Distributers,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part Of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. f

The present invention relates to that class of force-feed distribnters having a vertical feed-Wheel rotatably nounted in a seed-cup and provided on its opposite faces with annular channels adapted to feed different kinds or sizes Of seed, with means for directing the seed into one or the Other of 4said channels atV Referring to the accom panying drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a seed-cup and Wheel embodying my present improvements. Fig. 2 is a similar view looking at the opposite side of the cup. Fig. 3 is a vertical section showing both cut-Oi devices with their operating-shaft in elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail top plan view of one of the cut-off devices. Fig. 5 is an elevation showing the shape of the Operative face of the cut-off device illustrated in Fig. 4.,

Like letters of referencer in all the figures indicate the same parts.

The letter A indicates the cup or casing, which may be of any usual or preferred form, but is preferably adapted to be secured to the framing or bottom of the hopper and is of such shape as to permit a series of cnps to be located side by side for supplying a rank of drill-teeth. B is the vertical feed-Wheel, provided in its opposite faces with independent annular channels a, a, in which the seed is conveyed from the bottom of the hopper or entrance of the cup tothe discharge side of the cup, where itis received in the usual spout for being conducted to the drill-teeth. construction and Operation of these parts are essentially the same as in similar devices now in common use, and hence further description of them herein is deemed unuecessary.

In accordance with my present invention the cup is provided in each side, and prefer- .ably below the axis of the wheel, with arcshaped slots or guideways C. These slots or guidewa-ys pass en tirely through the side walls of the cup and are adapted for the passage of what I have heretofore termed the cutoff devices. The latter are in the form Of gates E, Fig. 5, which substantially' fit the channels in the feed-Wheel, and are adapted to be raised or lowered, so as to enlarge or reduce the size of the openings through which the seed passes. For convenience and in order to prevent the escape of the seerl laterally the gates are provided with projections e, which eXtend down past the rim of the Wheel, and a sufficient play is left at the top to permit of the necessary upward movement of the gates. It will be understoodthat one of these gates extends into the cup on each side, and they are mounted on the ends of arms F, which latter are in turn rigiclly connected with a transversely-extending rock-shaft G, provided With suitable means, such as a, handle or the like, whereby it may be oscillated or adjust-ed by the attendant to set all of the gates. One movement of the rOck-shaft adjusts all of the gates, and hence with a single controlling-handle or a single shaft the proper adjustment may be nade for feeding the desired quantity of grain regardless of whether it is being fed through the large or thesrnaller ot' the two channels in the feed- Wheel. 4

By the construction described it will be observed that the gates may be moved longitudinally of the shaft and the device adapted for use in connection With feed-wheels and cups located 'any distance apart, and inasmuch as the carrying-arms for the gates oc- The v' IOO cupy but little transverse space the cups nay be located very close together Without interfering at all with the operation of the device.

Having th us described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with a seed-cup and Vertically-arranged feedwheels journaled therein and having seed-channels located in its oppositely-disposed faces, of oppositelyarranged gates extending through the side walls of the seed-cup and into said channels, and a single shaft on which said gates are nounted and by which they are controlled, substantially as described.

2. In a grain-distributer, the combination with the seed-cup, the feed-Wheel journaled therein and having annularly-disposed seedchannels in its opposite faces, of gates located in said channels and having projections eX- tending below the channels at the sides of the feed-Wheel for preventing the escape of grain, and a shaft on which said gates are mounted, suhsrantially as dcscribed.

3. In a grain-distributer, the combination with the seed-cup havingr arc-shaped slots in its opposite sides and the feed-Wheel journaled in said cup and having seed-channels in its oppositely-disposed faces, of a rockshaft, arms carried by said rock-shaft and projecting on opposite sides of the cup and gates mounted on said arms and extending inwardly through the arc-shaped slots in the cup and into the channels in the feed-Wheel, substantially as described.

ROBERT GALLOWA Y.

Witnesses:

EDWARD C. HENAFELT, MILLARD S. TALLMAGE. 

